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Night photograph of a dense crowd of devotees pressed together in front of an illuminated temple gateway at a festival. The shrine structure is strung with lights and decorated with yellow and maroon bunting and red-white zigzag trim, with a tiered gopuram-like top lit in multicolour bulbs. Many men wear white dhotis and shirts, some in yellow or orange shawls, while women in saffron and red saris are visible at lower left and centre. Motion blur suggests a procession moving through the crowd. A printed copyright line is at lower right.

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